Title of Initiative / Project
Interactive computer-supported activities as a means of key and subject competencies of secondary school students and their implementation in teaching physics
Name of Organiser
Ústav fyzikálnych vied PF UPJŠ Košice
Start and ending date of the Initiative
2008-2010
Was the initiative carried out in the framework of a funded project?
No
Type of deliverables
Online course, Teaching Methodology, Didactical resource
Language of the deliverable
Slovak
Description of the initiative
The project is aimed at preparing activities focusing on the development of key and subject competencies of the secondary school students. The project aims to develop a set of interactive demonstration experiments, laboratory exercises and activities focusing on video measuring of selected physical phenomena with a computer support, preparation of worksheets and accompanying methodological materials for teachers of physics. An integral part of the project is the preparation of physics teachers for implementing these activities in physics education through workshops followed up by testing of the familiar methodology in teaching.
The main objective of the project is the preparation of activities aimed at developing key and subject competencies of the students and preparing physics teachers from practice to use such activities in the educational process.
This objective will be realized through the following sub-objectives:
• studies and research projects carried out abroad aimed at interactive demonstration experiment, laboratory exercises and computer assisted video measuring
• create a set of activities - interactive demonstration of laboratory experiments and computer assisted laboratory exercises
• create a file of video measuring activities aimed at active learning of students in computer-supported laboratory of mechanics from the recording of appropriate physical phenomena (also using high-speed cameras) all the way to preparation of activities using appropriate software for processing
• prepare written materials to designed activities (worksheets and accompanying methodological materials for teachers of physics)
• realize workshops of the teachers aimed at learning the methodology of physics education through the proposed activities
• provide teachers with the opportunity to test the methodology acquired under real teaching in computer-assisted laboratory
• publish all proposed activities and written materials on the internet (or. Offline version on CD-ROM)
Teachers’ Opinion
Very good site for teachers of physics, I have personally been using this site for several years, it provides great information on new trends in teaching physics at secondary and primary schools as well as the possibility for physics teachers to share experiences of teaching physics and new learning and teaching materials in clubs.
Students’ Opinion
The portal is designed more for physics teachers but there can also be found information for students who are interested in physics also outside the classroom.
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